4 1/4    To 4-1/2 cups all-purpose
Flour
4 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Baking soda
1 ts Salt
3 tb Granulated sugar
1 ts Caraway seeds
1 c  Dark seedless raisins
2 c  Buttermilk
Butter
Sugar

Heat oven to 350F. Grease a large cast-iron skillet or baking sheet.
In a large bowl, mix 4 cups flour with the baking powder, baking
soda, salt, sugar & caraway seeds. Add raisins, making sure they are
separated. Add buttermilk to a bowl & stir with a wooden spoon until
mixture forms a dough. Sprinkle about 1/4 cup of remaining flour on a
board. Turn out dough & knead lightly for about 5 minutes, working in
the flour from the board & forming doughinto a smooth, round loaf
about 8″ in diameter. Press loaf evenly into pan & cut a cross 1/2″
deep in the top. Bake 1 hour & 15 minutes, or until loaf sounds
hollow when tapped on the bottom. Put loaf on wire rack, rub top with
butter, & sprinkle with sugar.